Public utilities provide electric, gas, water or telephone service to customers in a specified area. Utilities have a duty to provide safe and adequate service on reasonable terms to anyone who lives within the service area on without discriminating between customers. Because most utilities operate in near monopolistic conditions, they can be heavily regulated by local, state, and federal authorities. Generally, the local and state agencies are called Public Service Commissions (PSC) or Public Utility Commissions (PUC). Municipal Utilities and Rural Electric Cooperatives may be unregulated though.
Talmage is an unincorporated community in Duchesne County, Utah, United States. Its elevation is 6,834 feet (2,083 m), and it is located at 40°20′24″N 110°25′39″W / 40.34°N 110.4275°W / 40.34; -110.4275 (40.3399529, -110.4273800). Although Talmage is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 84073. The town was founded in 1907 and named Winn in 1912, but renamed in 1914 to honor Latter-day Saint leader James E. Talmage.